John Prine - Unwed Fathers

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  • @kevinderr440
    @kevinderr440 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This must rank as one of the best country songs ever written.

  • @DG-mv6zw
    @DG-mv6zw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Nobody paints with words quite like John Prine. Love his lyrics, love his melodies, love his vocal phrasing and love his self effacing humility. Sadly I'll never get the chance to hear him live. My big regret is that I didn't discover him far sooner than I did.

  • @lesliedavis8756
    @lesliedavis8756 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    The more I listen to John Prine the more I love his work. Great man. Glad I found you.

    • @djmdsm
      @djmdsm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I totally agree. What a loss to lose Mr. Prine. A true poet and musician and, the more that I listen to him, the more I love him. His interviews in later life just make me respect him that much more.

  • @TheGolla123
    @TheGolla123 11 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    One of the most under rated and unappreciated singer/songwriters EVER !!! Just my opinion

    • @mikesullivan6893
      @mikesullivan6893 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Highly rated and well loved by those who know him. Just not well known enough.

    • @bradleybrown8399
      @bradleybrown8399 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      shut up with the underrated bullshit.

    • @lindaruzicka579
      @lindaruzicka579 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can't figure out how a talent like this went unnoticed by the masses

  • @cherylkeller5181
    @cherylkeller5181 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Anyone else here today because he went to heaven today ? 💕🌸🙏

    • @HelenWheels9
      @HelenWheels9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      JP made a big hole in the world when he died.

    • @billbailey3954
      @billbailey3954 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We'll miss him forever.😢

    • @Cabotop1
      @Cabotop1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That was a couple of weeks ago for me. Today is 04/25/20, still coronavirus lockdown.

    • @wildernesswanderer
      @wildernesswanderer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      JP was the soundtrack of my life for the past 15 years.

    • @3BigWomp1
      @3BigWomp1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nope

  • @frankgambrel8359
    @frankgambrel8359 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Ran this back over and over when my baby told me she was in the family way.Never a truer song.

  • @deborahpannell4184
    @deborahpannell4184 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    If you grew up in the time when it was taboo to be an unwed mother then you truly understand what this song says so clearly. Miss you John

    • @deannagross9283
      @deannagross9283 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This is the story of my life at 16. I cry every time I hear it.

  • @jackieallen3344
    @jackieallen3344 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    To tell you the truth I never heard a bad John Prine song. They all have their own store RIP John.

  • @guymelansonmusic
    @guymelansonmusic 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Her harmony is perfect.

    • @guymelansonmusic
      @guymelansonmusic 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I've listened to this over and over again. She has a beautiful voice. Totally completing his. Can't get enough John prine.

  • @arthurmccarron4379
    @arthurmccarron4379 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This song. Is. Very. Important that still goes on every day

  • @donindri
    @donindri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    This should be required listening in our schools for teenage girls and boys. Rest In Peace John.

  • @mrvngrdns1
    @mrvngrdns1 11 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Mr. Prine is a genius. That is all.

    • @rodneycaupp5962
      @rodneycaupp5962 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That is ALL ? I think you might have just "said it all". That said, you are talking about 60+ years of pure musical Genius, of which I agree with you. The greatest singer songwriter in our time, if not all time.

  • @garyjennings4505
    @garyjennings4505 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It's amazing he would write a song like this.
    Should be required listening.

    • @deborahpannell4184
      @deborahpannell4184 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@garyjennings4505 to be a man writing from a young girls experience is a testament to his understated brilliance.

  • @goodkawz
    @goodkawz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    2022-02-20:
    My main career until retirement in 2007
    was as a child support attorney.
    I knew a few songs relating too
    paternity problems, child support, alimony, etc.
    Going back as far as Makin Whoopee.
    I was also a long time casual
    (never saw JP in person
    despite a couple attempts shortly before his death, R.I.P. JP.)
    But I don’t recall heard this song before now..
    Thanks for posting!
    My favorite is still “Illegal Smile”
    the one that comes to me now and then
    for no particular reason.

  • @thenightfly3685
    @thenightfly3685 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Bob Dylan said he was the greatest songwriter there ever was

    • @annerenwick4322
      @annerenwick4322 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      bob dylan sucks,john is a better person and a better song writer

    • @thenightfly3685
      @thenightfly3685 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@annerenwick4322 you can't be serious? Obviously you know nothing about music

    • @shmaryarosenberg2546
      @shmaryarosenberg2546 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He's serious. And Bob really loves John's work. Look it up.

    • @HUTCHIRL
      @HUTCHIRL ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Saw that he was in Dylan's top 5 from a list for some magazine or other

    • @tomformanek3312
      @tomformanek3312 ปีที่แล้ว

      What a really dumb comment to make.​@@thenightfly3685

  • @stevehoffman4792
    @stevehoffman4792 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    One of John Prine's very finest songs! (And that's saying a lot, since he has so many). Using simple, economical language, this song packs such a powerful punch, while maintaining a catchy melody and snappy rhythm.

  • @MacLoyal
    @MacLoyal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Hearing these words with new ears through the sorrow of his passing.

  • @jasondilworth2767
    @jasondilworth2767 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    One of the best duets of all time

  • @leeannwhitney5677
    @leeannwhitney5677 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was there in 1964, hidden and then set free six months later.

  • @ritamachia3354
    @ritamachia3354 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I first heard and loved this song sung by Gail Davies. Only recently learned John wrote it. Another amazing song to have been written by such a young peron.

  • @GregHalvorson
    @GregHalvorson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    "Godspeed Old Friend"
    When I heard the news, it hit me hard
    John Prine had died, it broke my heart
    My old buddy, though we never met
    Godspeed, my friend, you were the best
    *The salt of the Earth, the sizzle in bacon
    The dust on the road of a town forsaken
    A little hayseed, a lot of kicked mule
    Didn’t own a comb, never played no fool
    Just a big ol’ goofy smile in a big ol’ goofy world
    John Prine, gonna miss you, every note you pearled
    Your smile was illegal in fifty states
    But when the cops showed up,
    you wiped it from your face...
    Oh, it was still there, lingered like a duck
    Don’t know what that means, guess I’m out of luck
    *The salt of the Earth, the sizzle in bacon
    The dust on the road of a town forsaken
    A little hayseed, a lot of kicked mule
    Didn’t own a comb, never played no fool
    Just a big ol’ goofy smile in a big ol’ goofy world
    John Prine, gonna miss you, every note you pearled
    How many barns did you storm?
    How many angels kept you warm?
    How many flowers will we need
    to honor your life, old friend, your deeds?
    When I heard the news, it hit me hard
    John Prine had died, it broke my heart
    My old buddy, though we never met
    Godspeed, my friend, you were the best
    Godspeed, my friend, you were the best. 😪❤️😪

    • @benphillips3693
      @benphillips3693 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Saw this at the BoardwalkinNashville,still have the cassette. Bless you John.

  • @louisvanrenen947
    @louisvanrenen947 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just discovered R.B. This summer. Thanks to you-tube. I am amazed at his unique talent. Him, this year, Karen Dalton two years ago, and prior to that Nick Drake. Incredible talents with small, but devoted following, growing, of course, as there is nothing like them. Louis

  • @loditx7706
    @loditx7706 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    @Tom Emory: Shel Sylverstein is up there; his lyrics were like poetry. He did soundtrack to original Ned Kelly, 1970.
    And he wrote the songs for many Doctor Hook albums. I literally felt like gasping, the air flickering as it collapses. two such gifted men we shall never have again. And don’t forget Steve Goodman who died years ago, but I still play him wherever I find him.

  • @Pkyankfan
    @Pkyankfan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    RIP John Prine... Legend, fantastic song writer

  • @jimwebb9328
    @jimwebb9328 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    RIP John. Thank you for all the great songs.

  • @SJ-ni6iy
    @SJ-ni6iy ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This song is a time capsule for all the single mothers who were forced to live this. Those DNA tests were game changers.

  • @richardjames1864
    @richardjames1864 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another great song by him.. never be another one like him

  • @Katy51844
    @Katy51844 12 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I cry every time I hear this song, but can't quit listening when it comes on. And I didn't know that his wife was the woman singing. Soooo good.

  • @CactassDupree
    @CactassDupree 11 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    What a compassionate MAN !!

  • @amandajackson7206
    @amandajackson7206 11 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Prine is timeless

  • @Jm01394
    @Jm01394 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Here to relearn this song
    Thank you

  • @stimpsonjcat67
    @stimpsonjcat67 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sarah Jarosz sent me here.
    Thank you, Sarah.

  • @abigailclarkwall1935
    @abigailclarkwall1935 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You write what we all think. Love you John.

  • @vanhooligan7532
    @vanhooligan7532 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of my favorites

  • @MrIndyjoe
    @MrIndyjoe ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow .. a powerful story by a great poet.

  • @corneliadenninger5395
    @corneliadenninger5395 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    They were amazing together, very fine delivered. /CD

  • @tomformanek3312
    @tomformanek3312 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Those of us old enough to have heard him from the beginning knew he just broke the mold. That first album could be too painful to listen to sometimes. He just sang about people, down home yet dignified.
    It was quite a journey. I saw him pretty much fill Carnegie Hall and saw him in Ithaca. It was always fun to put an lp in someone's hands who never heard of him and then hope you might get it back.

  • @cobblestone88
    @cobblestone88 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The song that changed my life

  • @fredguldbrandsen2723
    @fredguldbrandsen2723 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    They sounded great together singing into the same mic.

  • @michael061282
    @michael061282 13 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    awesome song, and I'm glad I didn't run like water from a mountain stream.

  • @marilyndelisle7314
    @marilyndelisle7314 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    They should have always stayed together, they are awesome singers together and I think they will always be the best, Thank you John and Rachel

    • @Khumbu0609
      @Khumbu0609 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      John wasn't happy with Rachel, but he had a great marriage to Fiona for 24 years. They had two sons in addition to her son, and were a happy family.

    • @ListenLindaListen
      @ListenLindaListen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Khumbu0609 yes indeed they did. And my prayers are coming up to Fiona and the boys! Such a loss to all of us...

  • @simpler43
    @simpler43 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    such talent this man and his wonderful wife has,,live forever

  • @antmanbee100
    @antmanbee100 12 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    She sang great with him.

  • @tomgilsenan8934
    @tomgilsenan8934 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Excellent

  • @marthawasserman1549
    @marthawasserman1549 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this is it! Radical birth keeper, Martha

  • @yumpinyimbo6612
    @yumpinyimbo6612 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just can't get enough.

  • @LamarFine
    @LamarFine 14 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great Song! -- and Rachel is an Incredible Talent!

  • @emriederekify
    @emriederekify 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    She had the child because the next verse or two whe tells the child his daddy doesn't live here anymore. Great tune by an awesome tunesmith!

  • @Dead80Head
    @Dead80Head 12 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    She was at an Appalachian greyhound station telling her brother that she loved him&for him to tell everybody else.She was probably on the TN side of the Smokies at the bottom of the Appalachian mountains.Unwed fathers in TN don't have any rights that can keep their children from being taken out of state.I learned that this past week when my son was taken from me again :( The unwed mother will always have power over the father no matter how good he may be.This one helps me cry a lil easier.

    • @moondancer3157
      @moondancer3157 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Patches Cathey Then get married! That's what the song is about. Unwed fathers run like water. Maybe listen again. Of course this was a long time ago. Nowadays nobody bothers to get married. When this song was written an unmarried woman with a baby was still a disgrace in "Good company".

    • @moondancer3157
      @moondancer3157 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      BTW Since it has been 6 years I wonder...Did it all work out. I would love to know.

    • @siribaimusic
      @siribaimusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe wear a condom next time

  • @rodneyhone2220
    @rodneyhone2220 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Unreal music value

  • @gailfrakes9205
    @gailfrakes9205 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    We'll miss you John.
    RIP

  • @skontch1
    @skontch1 13 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    thank you for uploading this..it's just beautiful...one of my favorite by jp, and there are quite a few great ones to choose from...

  • @rodneyhone2220
    @rodneyhone2220 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great music value

  • @tangobango9653
    @tangobango9653 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    R.I.P. Kind Sir.

  • @ponytoes
    @ponytoes 13 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love JP since I discovered his records in a thrift store back in the 1960's

    • @jimmyzelski7742
      @jimmyzelski7742 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      '70s maybe. JP had nothing released prior to 1971.

  • @cindyr4242
    @cindyr4242 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sending this to Alabama!

  • @MrJojogun
    @MrJojogun 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Had this whole show taped on a Beta Tape!!!!!....off a PBS channel, Best Speed of the Sound of Loneliness, version ever done.....

  • @MrJojogun
    @MrJojogun 13 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This show from Ireland had the best version of Saddles in the Rain ...too bad we can't find it on You Tube.

  • @Milleymusic
    @Milleymusic 12 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love John Prine

  • @patlabb
    @patlabb 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great singer!

  • @gregtaylor8327
    @gregtaylor8327 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Good job.

  • @anyonesguess6901
    @anyonesguess6901 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    16 unwed fathers don’t like this song

    • @thisisamistake7771
      @thisisamistake7771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They aren't fathers just sperm donars. Both the Mom and baby are better off without them.

  • @johnlappin5881
    @johnlappin5881 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A great singer gone way too soon

  • @SuperZooon
    @SuperZooon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    King Prine....

  • @dustymiller8284
    @dustymiller8284 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    His best.

  • @banjostead
    @banjostead  14 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    @bertmientje
    Thank you.
    Joe

  • @eoinburns6181
    @eoinburns6181 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    nobody has my eyes or I would have none

  • @cactassdupree7285
    @cactassdupree7285 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You got his eyes! Thanks Dad..

  • @antmanbee100
    @antmanbee100 11 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    She was such a good singer. What happened to her?

    • @roxx727
      @roxx727 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He divorced her in 88

  • @randalldickson4603
    @randalldickson4603 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn, this tune really hits close to home for me. Ouch.

  • @dannycondon4354
    @dannycondon4354 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Danny C. Lovely song. I would dearly like to see the accoustic guitarists name given credit. His arrangement is by far the best of all Nanci did both live and studio. What do you other players think?

  • @jamesmcguire5606
    @jamesmcguire5606 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    They looked so in love but somehow lost it cling to your partner and hang on Happy Valentines day

  • @Katy51844
    @Katy51844 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just saw your comment today. Was the concert good? I would love to see him in concert. I think the closest he's been to us is Kansas City, and then I found out too late. I don't like country music much, so I don't know how I can rationalize my love for his music. I think it's the stories and the weird words. How could anyone make a song called Onomotopae (sp)?

  • @jasper_north
    @jasper_north 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    John still around...

  • @Katy51844
    @Katy51844 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just saw your comment today. Was the concert good? I would LOV

  • @jimharmon8653
    @jimharmon8653 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    RIP Rachel Peer

    • @shmaryarosenberg2546
      @shmaryarosenberg2546 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you sure? I can't find an obituary for her.

    • @shmaryarosenberg2546
      @shmaryarosenberg2546 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I found the obit. How terribly sad. She was such an amazing talent. When I first saw this video a couple weeks ago, my first thought was to find her and record her. But I was too late. She really was great. And she's gone way too early.

  • @settermanfishing
    @settermanfishing ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rip Rachel Peer ❤

  • @Hollcall
    @Hollcall 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    should have been " Song of the Year" but never received air-play because guess what most D.J.'s were????/

  • @billyo43
    @billyo43 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    a very good opinion

  • @RevLDBradshaw
    @RevLDBradshaw 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Anybody know when this was taped? Morbid curiosity, I guess. His voice sounds really rough, and it was 97-98 when he was diagnosed with throat cancer....

    • @99baggett
      @99baggett 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I saw it on tv in the early 90’s. Tried to buy a DVD but apparently A&E doesn’t offer one...

  • @allanhughes7859
    @allanhughes7859 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A Dylan no doubt !!!!!!!!! And probably as good if not better ??

  • @sportsmediaamerica
    @sportsmediaamerica 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Who is the girl?

  • @larrykuhn5466
    @larrykuhn5466 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Some of them do

  • @marleenneil7542
    @marleenneil7542 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Poignant

  • @tycer18
    @tycer18 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Check out the deer tick cover of this song! It's pretty awesome!

    • @mmiller1188
      @mmiller1188 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Deer Tick also has an awesome cover of Mexican home! A rock version!

  • @charlesgoede2809
    @charlesgoede2809 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    anyone know who wrote this and what year? I first heard it on a CD form 2001 by the Mammals

    • @oriorda9470
      @oriorda9470 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      John Prine and the great Bobby Braddock (D-I-V-O-R-C-E, He stopped Loving her today etc etc)

    • @jaxxonwilcox9566
      @jaxxonwilcox9566 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      He said in the beginning of the video that he wrote it

  • @billbye2427
    @billbye2427 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    RIP

  • @peggypavone3308
    @peggypavone3308 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well? I know about this too. don’t be a deadbeat daddios. B cool 😮. Bout this.

  • @davidhill4141
    @davidhill4141 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That’s his wife singing with him.

  • @fungidungie
    @fungidungie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The reality of sin.

  • @b-swiftgaming3491
    @b-swiftgaming3491 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We will miss you brother! RIP #FuckCorona

  • @CactassDupree
    @CactassDupree 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Somebody's children out "having children", she made the right choice. Shame on the boys. dupree

  • @unclebobunclebob
    @unclebobunclebob 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Did not know he wrote this one. Heard Emmylou Harris do it.

  • @Moghadidliams
    @Moghadidliams 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can someone shed some light on this song for me? I think I get the gist of it.. The girl got knocked up by some guy and he ran.. But when she's in the hospital is she getting an abortion or did she have the baby after all. By herself, I mean. And did she run away in the beginning? That's what it kind of sounds like

    • @iganatiousjr
      @iganatiousjr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She had the baby. She's raising it alone, because the father's not around. She says to the child: "Your daddy never meant to hurt you ever, but you've got his eyes."

    • @SolSkinn
      @SolSkinn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's about how everyone speaks of unwed mothers... but never really talk about the unwed father who took off and how easy it is for them to do so.

    • @michaelvollmar3600
      @michaelvollmar3600 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Beautiful song. Regarding the story line. I understand it that the mother is going away from her family to have an abortion. The description "cold gray building", does not sound like a hospital. The third stanza "Somewhere else bound, Smoky Mountain Greyhound", tells me she refused the abortion, delivered the child, and is heading back to her home. I may be wrong. It does show the courage of the woman.

    • @mmiller1188
      @mmiller1188 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@michaelvollmar3600 I feel the same way, but I've never heard of anyone else thinking the same about the song.
      She left her family to go have the abortion in the gray stone building in the cold and gray town. If she was to have the baby, why not have it at a local hospital?
      I think that's the purpose of the line "This ain't no playground and this ain't home".
      She decided to keep the baby and went to yet another place.

    • @guymelansonmusic
      @guymelansonmusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't think she had an abortion, otherwise how would she say he's got his daddy's eyes.

  • @robcrawford9087
    @robcrawford9087 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    written by Bobby Braddock

    • @acousticshadow4032
      @acousticshadow4032 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Braddock cowrote "Unwed Fathers" with...John Prine

  • @CactassDupree
    @CactassDupree 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So just take them! FTP

  • @JoeMarkleymusic
    @JoeMarkleymusic 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    She's not his wife anymore, hasn't been for many years

  • @IndigoJo
    @IndigoJo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Only one thing doesn't ring true about this song: the unwed mother would not have got back on a bus with the child. The child would have been taken away from her and she would have been sent away alone.

  • @jamesmcguire5606
    @jamesmcguire5606 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Divorce sucks